Here is Rick Nash's (alleged) NHL trade deadline wish list

Rick Nash's (alleged) NHL trade deadline wish list

Columbus Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash, so far the biggest name on the NHL rumour mill ahead of the Feb. 27 trade deadline, has given the team a list of five teams to which he’ll agree to a trade, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

The Dispatch reports that the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs “are believed to be on the approved list for Nash.”

The paper also says the Jackets are seeking at least one young player on an NHL team’s roster, as well as top prospects and draft picks.

Nash has only been in the playoffs once with Columbus in the past eight years, and this season has been another disappointment.

Nash has a no-movement clause in his contract, which carries a cap hit of US$7.8-million through the 2017-18 season, when he will still only be 33 years old. He is a two-time 40-goal scorer with a franchise that has never finished higher than third in its division.

“I’m a Blue Jacket right now,” he told the Dispatch earlier this week. “I’ve played my whole career here and it’s a special place to me. So as of right now I’m a Blue Jacket.”